 Who?

 Where from?

 What for?

 Doing what?
Education

 International Relations-University of Brasília

 Master - Production Engineer (Strategic
Studies) University of Brazil
 Doctor- Production Engineer (Strategic
Studies) University of Brazil

 National Defense University (2003/2008)

Activities
 Reader - Air Force University
 Consultant - Public Security National
Secretariat
 Reader - International Relations
 Professor - Strategic and International
Studies
 Fellow - Army Command and Staff College,
Naval War College
Doctoral Program on Strategic and
Internacional Studies - UFRGS

 Mandate of contribution on defence

studies (2010)
 Research tracks
 International Political Economy
 International Politics
 International Security
 Highlights
 Foreign policy, African studies
 Military, police, civil officers as students
Centre for International
Studies on Government

 Think-tank
 Applied research
 Transversal structure through departments
and faculties – task force logic
 11 Workings groups
 Defence, Intelligence and Security Policies
 WK - Defence, Intelligence
and Security Policies

 3 Doctoral Programs (+Political Science,

Geography)
 8 professors
 + 20 post-graduate students
 10 research grants
 2 Journals
Context: Brazilian Transition
towards 2020
 1st generation of ‘professional’ military officers
 Launch of borders and maritime surveillance
systems
 Conclusion of new weapon systems programs
(Scorpènne, NG Gripen, KC-390)
 Consolidation of National System of Strategic
Planning and Joint Command of Armed Forces

 Brazilian international role?

Ongoing Researches

 Critical Analysis (Kritik)

 Limited Wars and Maritime Security and

Strategy

 Defence Analysis and Management

Research Goals

 Joint and qualified education of professionals of

defence system

 Enhancement of Security and Defence Policies

 Effectiveness of Ministry of Defence

Clausewitz and Corbett’s
theories of war
 Common education and language among
armed forces
 Commanders and Decision-makers’
judgment
 Proposal and test of concepts related to war

 The Role of University

Limited Wars and Maritime Security
and Strategy
 Most of wars and crises are not unlimited
 The matter of geographical isolation (Brazil’s
dimensions)
 Non-linear escalation and evolution
 Synergy and economy of force
 Control of goals and diplomatic bargain
 Success is on defence
 Most relevant role of maritime strategy
Case Studies
 Sino-American War: December 1950 -July
1951
 Coalitions War: escalation x moderation
 Variation of political goals x constrains of
operational conditions
 US Command of Seas
 Falklands War 1982
 Latest war on sea
 Symmetry of forces
 Contemporary weapon systems
Defense Analysis and Management

 Armed forces’ transformation

 Methodologies of Strategic Planning

 Joint Military Education

 Defence economics

 Agent-based modelling and simulation